Political Correctness Embraces Anti-Bullying Hysteria

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Roanoke Times, 10-10-10, Pg Horiz-2: Editorial: Bullies empowered by technology
A summary about the lack of thought and maturity and civility exercised by two college students who broadcast over the internet the sexual activity of one of their classmates who then committed suicide.
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There are certainly extenuating circumstances involved in this gross breach of personal conduct none of which excuses or condones the publication of the most private of all personal activity.
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During a visit to my granddaughter’s intercollegiate sports game this weekend I was surprised to note that there were several key players not on the team. Apparently these young women had been suspended from team play for violations of college rules of conduct.
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I asked my granddaughter if her teammates actively imposed their individual and collective influence on each other to reinforce the team spirit and importance of doing the “right thing” for the team’s benefit and success. My view is that in the absence of parental guidance, team cohesion might be a helpful and good thing.
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She told me that this would be considered “Bullying”!
It’s amazing how quickly the political correctness police can arrive at the scene!
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One might reflect on elementary school teachers that one day were practicing “hugs are better than drugs” to the next day ensuring that there is absolutely positively no physical contact of any kind at any time between a teacher and a student.
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Clearly this incident has become an overnight political correctness hysteria that will suppress an individual’s ability to exercise proper and prudent personal expression and substantially diminish a team’s structure and consistency.
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Speaking of political correctness and bullying: it’s not clear how that Democrat Bully Jerry Brown can get away with calling Republican Meg Whitman a whore and then get the NOW girls endorsement to be governor? What’s wrong with that picture?
http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/10/10/sources-point-browns-wife-voice-heard-calling-whitman-whore
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